Guest 40-something Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Hi Folks My fellow group member has asked if I would post a topic on his layout, he is not a member of forums. Milton Street MPD is set in Motherwell's Daisy Park area in North Lanarkshire. The layout represents a medium sized engine shed with associated workshop, coaling stage and stabling roads. Built to 4mm/OO Gauge standards using Peco Code 75 trackwork and controlled by Gaugemaster Prodigy DCC.All buildings are scratch built, mainly by the layout owner, the shed being based on Glasgow’s Polmadie with the workshop from Grangemouth attached. The sand house is also Grangemouth based whilst the coaling stage/water tank is of a Lancashire and Yorkshire design which he rather liked the look of! The factory buildings are freelance, whilst the tenement is based on local Glasgow/Lanarkshire architecture. The turntable is a Heljan product, was 'anglicised' by removal of the control cabin and adding the vacuum pipe control gear to one end of the deck. The backscene, a collage of photographs of Ravenscraig Steel Works where the layout owner worked for many a year. The motive power featured on Milton Street is typical of the locomotives seen in the Motherwell area at the time. Mainly ex-LMS and BR Standards, but there are also some representatives of the LNER. Locomotives range from humble 0-4-0 Pugs to 4-6-2 Pacifics and 2-10-0 freight loco's. Despite the attempts of myself, Milton Street MPD remains a diesel free zone (although the odd EE 350hp diesel shunter has been known to make an appearance!)The loco's are all detailed, weathered and DCC chipped and although mainly from the owners collection, others come from other 12AD members. On its recent exhibition debut at Perth in June 2013, Milton Street worked reasonably well, although there some areas for improvement that will be implemented before its next outing to Falkirk in 2014. Thanks for looking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Looks very nice!! anymore super photos? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 40-something Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Looks very nice!! anymore super photos? Hi Thanks for your comment, there are more photo's on the 12AD MRG website, linked to in my signature below Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointstaken Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Must say the windows in the back of the next to last photo look good - conjure up visions of the local Scottish clink ! Dennis Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted December 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2013 Amazing, especially like the photo of the rear of the shed with the tenders poking out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 That one is very Scotish. Reminds me of Polmadie, although they had more track out there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 40-something Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 That one is very Scotish. Reminds me of Polmadie, although they had more track out there. The shed building is based on a shrunken Polmadie, the builder done a great job! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 LOL, he certainly did! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangoman69 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Just come across this thread and it's absolutely fabulous! The pics on your main website show the layout to its best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 40-something Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Hi All Just a note to say that Milton Street's next outing is at the York & District show on 21st/22nd september. Come say hi if you're attending! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Ed Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Hello All, While browsing back a bit in history (hadn't been on the forum for a while, so had some catching up to do..) I landed on this excellent shed layout. And a question that I've been walking around with for a while popped to mind: Why would an engine shed like this one have doors at the back?I can imagine it having sense if you have a bit if yard behind it where you can stable engines, or even if you need rear access to get some stuff delivered. But in this case with only a tiny little spur and after that a wall I don't see the need.. No offence to this excellent bit of work, just wondering why this would be in real life. Hope somebody can answer this question for me. Thanks a lot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPENCER A Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Many thanks for your comments. Sorry I haven't replied earlier. I used to be a member of East Kilbride model railway club and Jimmy Anderson (founder member and former chairman) suggested that the shed doors be added. I was going to omit them but just to keep him happy they were added - I decided to add to both back and front for no particular reason. Since your question was posted the layout attended the second Yorkshire and district exhibition in New Earswick where it was well received. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Ed Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Hi lincoln40a, Thank you for disagreeing with my post. But do you also happen to have the answer why there would have been buffer stops so close to the back door of the shed? I'd really love to find out why this is.. Spencer, do you have any more photos of this brilliant layout? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gc8andy Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Hellifild and Lincoln had similar rear of shed arrangements. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted November 10, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 10, 2016 Hi appreciating that this is a relatively old thread, could I ask about the anglicisation of the Heljan turntable please? Where did the vac pipe control gear come from, or was it freelance? Your help appreciated! Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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